The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-20
TRADE DOLLARS,

or in any other manner issued, but at the
expense of the United States, shall be trans
mltted to the coinage mtnts and recoined
into standard silver dollars or subsidiary
coin, at the discretion Of the Secretary of the
Treasury;
Provided, that the trade dollars received
under this act shall not be counted as part
of the silver bullion required to be pur-
chased and coined into standard dollars re-
quired by the act of February o. 1878; that
all laws and parts of laws authorizing the
coinage and issuance of the United States
trade dollars are hereby repealed.
Acting Secretary Fairchild to-day
issued circular to the constructors of
passenger cars and steamboats,, and
other persons, inviting suggestions as
to the best methods of building rail
road cars and steam vessels and heating
the same so as to
PREVENT THE LOSS OF LIFE
and property by fire. Correspondents
are requested to send sketches or draw
ings of their designs when practicable.
This action of the Department is in &C
cord with a resolution of the House
adopted January 81, requesting the
Secretary of the Treasury to obtain all
possible information on the subject.
MRS. CLEVELAND
held her last public reception this after
noon, and it was attended by more peo-
pie than any similar event at the White
House. The crowd was composed
mainly of ladies, and its number was
estimated at 10000. Members of sew
eral excursion parties from Baltimore,
Brooklyn and other places helped to
swell the throng.
The House committee on
MILITARY AFFAIRS
to-day resumed consideration of the
McAdoo ordnance bill. ----
Cutcheon presented substitute for
the bill before the committee. 1t
provides for the erection of a gun
factory and for first class modern guns
for the army, sea-coast and other de-
lenses. at appropriates $4,000, 900 for
the purpose. After the bill had been
read, Chairman Bragg stated that he
was engaged in the preparation OF a
substitute for the original measure,
which he hoped to be able to
lay before the committee on Mon
day, and with view to
allowing a comparison of the various
measures and combination of the best
features of each, the committee ad-
journed without voting on Cutcheon's
proposition.
General Bragg indicated that his sub
stitute was only to provide for the crea-
ton of government factory and for
the creation of testing board, of which
Northumberland Sheridan is to be q
member.
THE ATTORNEY
to- day transmitted a communication
from the United States Attorney for
Wyoming, calling attention to the in
adequacy of the fees provided by the
fee bill for the services of wit
nesses, jurors, etc., in attendance
upon the United States Courts in
that Territory. The amounts
allowed tor mileage and per diem to the
attorney and marshal of the Territory
and witnesses and jurors, it is said, do
not pay their expenses in attendance
upon the courts, and it is desired that
these fees be so increased that the in
terests of the government shall not
suffer.
THE PRESIDENT
sent two messages to the Senate to-day,
vetoing the act granting pension to
Charlotte O'Neal, and an act granting
a pension to John Reed, Sr. The first
named bill proposed the grant of a pen
sion 10 the widow of Richard O'Neal,
late Colonel of the 26th regiment Indi-
diana volunteers. In his message N
this case, the President says
records of the War Department a
TO show that there was q colonel
of the 26th Indiana regiment named
Richard O'Neal, but it does appear that
Richard Neal was lieutenant-colonel of
said regiment; that he was mustered
on August 31st, 1861, and resigned
Tune Both, 1862. If this is the officer
whose widow Is named in the bill.
the proposition is to pension
the widow of a soldier, who,
after a service of ten months,
resigned, and who, seven months after
his resignation, died of. q disease which
in no manner related 10 his military
service. There is, besides, such a dis
crepancv between. the name given
in the bill and the name of the
officer who served as Lieutenant
Colonel Neal in the regiment mentioned,
that if the merits were with the widow
the bill would need further icongres-
sional consideration. ,., ,,,,
In his message relative to the act
granting a pension to John Reed, Sem.
the President says: 1.-The records show
that the beneficiary named in this bill
fled an application for pension In
1877, alleging that he was tie father